he explored alot of eastern canada and became the father of new france,which is known as part of canada.
in 1603 he went on his first voyage to canada, as geographer on a fur trading expedition. he travelled up the saguenay, st. lawrence and richelieu riversand used information he collected to make a very accurate map of canada from hudson bay in the north down to the great lakes.
in 1599 champlain made his first voyage to the new world. he would repeat the journey across the atlantic22 times in his life.champlain was part of a spanish crew.for two years the crew explored puerto rico,mexico,columbia, bermuda and panama.when champlain returned to france, he wrote about his travels,illustrated with his own maps.king henry the 4th was happy with his work. the king had several goals in mind. he wanted champlain to discover the northwest passage. but it was covered by ice so he could not get threw
born around 1567 in france
sailed with father
joined army
parents antoine and marguerite father sea captain
he was a french explorer, navigator and mapmaker.
he explored alot of eastern canada and became the father of new france,which is known as part of canada.
in 1603 he went on his first voyage to canada, as geographer on a fur trading expedition. he travelled up the saguenay, st. lawrence and richelieu riversand used information he collected to make a very accurate map of canada from hudson bay in the north down to the great lakes.
in 1599 champlain made his first voyage to the new world. he would repeat the journey across the atlantic22 times in his life.champlain was part of a spanish crew.for two years the crew explored puerto rico,mexico,columbia, bermuda and panama.when champlain returned to france, he wrote about his travels,illustrated with his own maps.king henry the 4th was happy with his work. the king had several goals in mind. he wanted champlain to discover the northwest passage. but it was covered by ice so he could not get threw
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samuel de champlain